Account-book.



a. B. EDGAR, JE- AGGOUNT BOOK.

APYLIOATIOH FILED APE. 15, 1909.

gfilfifi Patented Jan,10,1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

JGHN 00E, JR.

EDUPUCATE PERSONAL ACC- LEBQI'ER avwantoz duo mango G. B. EDGAR, JR.

ACCOUNT BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED APB.16, 1909.

Patented Jan. 10,1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

page or the page upon which his individual tllll lllid) TATd FATE GEORGEBENJIMAN EDGAR, .13., OF IOLA,

MICHEL J. DUNIGAN, ONE-TENTH TO-LOU TO LUCIEN B. EDGAR, OF COLORADOSPRINGS, COLO- J'. BEAVIN, AND ONE-TENTH KANSAS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-'lJENTHTO IE. STEWART, ONE-TENTH TO CHARLES RADO, AND ONE-'IW'EN'IIETH TOLEIGI-I'ION MELVIN AND ONE-TWENTIETH TO GEORGE IB. EDGAR, $3., of IOLA,KANSAS.

AOCOUNT-BOOK.

Patented Jan. 10, ran.

Application filed April 15, 1909. Serial No. 490,043.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnoncn B. EDGAR, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at 320 South State street, lola, in the county of Allenand State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Account-Book,"ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention aims to provide an improved construction. ofaccount ledger and it is the aim of the invention to '50 con-- structthe ledger, as with a single entry, to keep a duplicate account and tokeep such account in such manner as to permit of the extraction of anyone account upon its settlement whereby the preparation of a bill isobviated.

More specifically, the invention, as far as this feature is concerned,contemplates the provision in a ledger of means upon each leaf of theledger for holding thereon one or a 1 alit v of account sheets and inthe rovision upon one cover leaf of the ledger or at any other suitablepoint in the ledger, an index upon which is indicated the name ol thedebtor and the numbe r ot' account sheet may be found. it is to be fullyunderstood that the term account sheet as employed throughout thedescription which is to follow may mean any specific form of sheet uponwhich an account may be kept or may mean an ordinary hill head properlyruled for the keeping of an account. y

A. further object of the invention is to provide a novel ledgerconstruction of such character as to permit of the ready insertion andremo'al of the ledger leaves or pages and further to so construct theledger that the same may be opened at any page and will lie fiat upon adesk or other support to permit of ready inspection of the accountcontained therein.

In the accomnanving drawings, Figure l is a plan view of aledger-constructed in accordance. with the present invention, the firstpage of the and parts of the account sheets being torn away to show thearrangement thereof, the

said figure showing the arrangement and ledger being shown in plan abottom edge view of the ledger, Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 butshowing the ledger opened to show pages other than those shown inFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through one of the leaves orpages of the ledger, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of one form of bindermeans employed in connection with the ledger.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the cover leaves of the ledgerembodying the present invention, and the numeral 11 indicates in generalthe ledger leaves upon which the account sheets are to be arranged. Asshown in the drawings, the cover leaves 10 and the ledger leaves 11 areheld in assembled relation in the same manner as in an ordinary bookthrough the medium of suitable binder means Which, in the figures of thedrawings with the exception of Fig.' 5, is shown as embodied in anendless chain 12 threaded through the cover leaves 10 and the ledgerleaves 11 whereby to connect the same in such manner as to permit of theledger being opened as an ordinary book except however, that thisadvantagefis secured; namely, that the ledger when opened may be spreadout fiat so that the accounts sheets upon any ledger leaf may be morereadily examined and attended to than would otherwise be the case andthan is at present the case in the ordinary construction of ledger. Itwill be readily understood that where an endless chain is employed, oneof the links may be so arranged as to permit of ready separation of thechain so that it may be un threaded from the cover and ledger leaves andnewleaves applied or old ones removed, and also it will be observed thateyelets 13 are provided in the said leaves adjacent the inner edgesthereof at points where it is desired to pass the binder therethrough.Another form of binder means is shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, and inthis form, the end links of the binder chain have connected to them cmvolutcd rings 14 similar in construction to an ordinary key-ring andcapable of being readily connected and disconnected to and from eachothcrl It will be understood however that numcrous constructions andmodification may be cm ployed as far as this feature of the lcdgcr isconcerned without departing from the spirit of the invention, theprinciple involved and the features thereof being to pro vide a ledgerconstruction of such nature that the ledger may be opened and its leaveswill be fiat whereby the accounts thereon may be more readily inspectedand attended to.

Each of the sheets or ledger leaves 11 is preferably in the nature of asheet of cardboard of any suitable grade or style and upon each sheetthere are secured a plurality of clips 15 and also clips 16 and in thepresent instance, the clips 15 are shown as two in number upon each sideof \each ledger leaf and are located two at the top of the leaf and twoatlthe bottom, at each side thereof, the clips 16 being located oneimmcdiutely above the lower clips 15 and one at the extreme bottom ofthe leaf. As clearly shown in the drawings and particularly in Fig. 4thereof, the clips 15 are secured in pairs to the respective leaves bysecuring through their upper ends rivets or other suitable securingdevices 17, one of the clips being disposed upon each side of each leafand the rivets passing through the two clips and through the leafagainst which they are disposed. It will therefore be seen that theclips 15 are all disposed vertically and have their upper ends securedto the leaf whereas their lower ends 'are free from pile leaf. "On theother hand, the clips 16, while they are secured also by rivets or othersuitable fastening devices, have the said rivets or fa tening devicespassed there- 'through midway of their ends so that both ends of theclips 16 are free from attachment to thesheet or leaf.

it will be understood from the foregoing description of the ledgerleaves and their associated clips, that a sheet of paper may be insertedbeneath one of the clips 15, for example one of the upper clips, and theadjacent end of the corresponding or adjacent clips 16, in this instancethe clip 16 which is located midway of the leaf or in other words theone which is located immediately "above the lower clip 15, and that suchsheet of paper will be securely held in place against the ledger leaf bythe engagement therewith of the said clip. drawings, and particularly inFigs. 2 and 4 thereof, the extremities of the clips 15 and 16 turnedupwardly slightlyso as to permitiof ready insertion of the edges of thesheet of paper therebeneath.

I As shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, the account sheetsheretofore dfiscribed are indicated by the numeral. 18 and these sheetsare illustrated as being so ruled as to -permit of an account being keptthereon, and disposed beneath each account sheet, which is insertedbeneath the related cli s 15 and 16 is a carbon sheet 19 and a dupli- Asshown. in the cated upon the duplicate account sheet 20 7 through themedium of the carbon sheet 19 so that while but one account is kept, aduplicate will at the same time be made. Before proceeding with thedescription of the index system followed in employing the ledgerheretofore described, it may be stated that as each new account 'isopened, the bill therefor, noted upon one of the account sheets 18, isplaced or arranged within the ledger in the next empty spacethereinstarting of course with the first ledger leaf of the ledger. It may alsobe stated at this point that each ledger leaf 11 is provided at itsouter longitudinal edge with a tab upon which are printed or adapted tobe marked or written numerals indicating the number of the first accountor first account sheet, which is the one at the upper left-hand cornerof the ledger leaf and another numeral indicating the number of theaccount or account sheet at the upper left-hand corner of the reverseside of the said ledger I leaf. For example, as illustrated in Fig. 1

of the drawings, the account sheets are indicated, regards their order,by reference numerals printed above their respective clips 15 so thatthe account sheet 111 the upper left-hand corner is numbered 1, the onein the upper right-hand corner is numbered 2, the one in the lowerlefthand corner is numbered 3, and the one in the lower right-handcorner is numbered 4, and upon the tab indicated by the i'iumeral 21formed at the outer longitudinal edge of this leaf there are printed thenumerals 1 and 5 indicating that the number of the first account oraccount sheet upon the leaf is'1 and that the first account or accountsheet at the upper left-hand corner of the same leaf but upon thereverse side thereof is numbered 5. Similarly, the account or account.sheet at the upper left-hand corner of the second leaf in the ledgerwill be indicated by the numeral 9 and the one at the upper left-handcorner of this last mentioned leaf but upon the reverse side thereofwill be indicated by the numeral 13, these numerals, being printed,written, or otherwise indicated upon the tab 21 upon the said secondleaf of the ledger. The illustration here given and also the description referring to the same is to be taken merely as indicating theprinciple followed in arranging the account sheets within the ledger andis not to be construed as indicating that four account sheets mustnecessarily be provided upon each side of each ledger leaf, as anynumber may be provided either less or greater than four, the numeralsupon thetabs being correspondingly changed of course.

The index of the ledger is embodied in several sheets 22 which aresecured by suitableadhesive at one longitudinal edge to the inner faceof the front cover lea'f'lO at the outer edge thereof and these sheetshave printed thereon, each, the letters of the alphabet or severalletters thereof with a space below each letter in which may be listedthe names of theparties whose accounts are kept in'the book. It will beunderstood of course that by providing several of these index sheets 22,each sheet, as it is filled, may be folded back to expose a new sheet,depending of course upon the number of theaccounts in the ledger, etc.

leaf at a point removed. from the first mentioned clips, thelastmentioned clip coinprising a resilient strip secured at a pointmidway between its ends to the said leaf, the point of attachment of thelast mentioned clip to the sheet being in a line midway between thefirst mentioned clies.

' In testimony that I claim the "oregoing my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE BENJIMAN EDGAR, JR.

